OLD MAN'S LONELY END.
CAUGHT IN A FENCE. LOST FOR TWO NIGHTS. ■NONAGENARIAN'S LAST WALK [ETC iTEIEGRAPH. —OWN' CORRESPONDENT:.] MATAMATA. Monday. The Matamata police were advised on Saturday night at about 9 o'clock that a man, named Anderson, 92 years of age, and father of Mrs. F. Jones, of Peria, j had been missing from the latter's resi- | dence since 6 p.m. A search was ins*i tuted, but met with' no success until I this morning, when Mr. Anderson's body I was seen on an adjacent farm, hanging ! through a fence. The deceased had appar-' I ently been wandering for a long time, j and had struggled to get through the j fence, but probably was too weak to do ! so.
The fence line was inspected on Sunday, so that it is presumed it was some tim« during Sunday night ■when deceased met his death. >-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18679, 8 April 1924, Page 6
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